Responsive Street Furniture: Customizing the Way You Cross the Street

Posted on August 27, 2015September 2, 2015 by 41629066

What if the traffic lights could tell you were passing by and then give you extra time to cross the street? This is one of the many features of Responsive Street Furniture, which was part of the Designs of the Year exhibition at London's Design Museum. ("Customization the Crosswalk Experience.") There are many individuals in the United States with visual impairments: around 285 million. As Citylab.com describes, "It works like this: Users log on to a website and select from a range of pote...

Smart carry-on bag that auto locks, weights itself and tracks its location using smartphone

Posted on January 4, 2015 by 41629066

'Bluesmart' is more than a regular carry on bag. It allows users to track its location, digitally lock and unlock it, charge mobile devices and even weight it thanks to a built in digital scale. All this can be done through your smartphone. Bluesmart has a beautiful, stylish design and is made primarily from polycarbonate and anodized aluminum, two materials which offer high resistance to torsion guaranteeing its durability. This bag has some nice features such as proximity sensors, which not...